Hillsborough victims' families call for resignation of senior police officer

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The families of the Hillsborough victims called for one of the country's most senior police officers to resign over his role in a black propaganda campaign orchestrated by South Yorkshire police.



Trevor Hicks, chair of the families support group, said Sir Norman Bettison, currently chief constable of West Yorkshire police and a former chief constable of Merseyside, should quit. As a South Yorkshire chief inspector and later superintendent, he was a member of the internal review group or liaison unit on Hillsborough and, as such, the families say he had a key role in presenting the police in the best light and blaming the fans for the disaster. Labour MP Maria Eagle told parliament: the liaison unit orchestrated what can only be described as a black propaganda campaign.



Hicks said on Wednesday: If he is anything of a man, he will stand down and scurry up a drainpipe somewhere.



Bettison is one of the country's most experienced officers and responsible for overseeing domestic extremism. Following his role in the Hillsborough review, he was appointed in 1998 to be chief constable of Merseyside, a move condemned at the time by the Hillsborough families as appalling and insensitive.

Full Article: http://www.guardian....ice-resignation





After 23 years, the families of the victims who died on that horrible day, were finally told the truth about Hillsborough!